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| Kuwait Arrests Two Former Opposition MPs |
| 2012-10-19 |
[An Nahar] Kuwaiti police on Thursday placed in long-term storageYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! two former opposition MPs for making statements at a public rally deemed critical of the oil-rich Gulf state ruler, an opposition leader said. "Two former (Islamist) MPs, Falah al-Sawwagh and Bader al-Dahoum, have just been placed in long-term storage Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! by the state security police," Mussallam al-Barrak, himself a former deputy, told news hounds. A third former politician, Khaled al-Tahous, was called in for questioning by the public prosecutor, according to a post on his Twitter account. All three politicians spoke on October 10 at an opposition rally protesting an alleged government plan to amend the electoral law to manipulate election results. They directly addressed Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, warning him that any amendment to the election law could lead to streets protests and chaos. Under Kuwait's constitution, it is illegal to criticize the emir. |
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